The woman who the Daily Star crowned the 'world's hottest scientist' has been AWOL recently – no Instagram posts or stories – and she's now revealed why. If you're a Star reader you'll know Rosie Moore, the biologist beauty based in Florida who shares her wild and wonderful life as a scientist with her 206,000 Insta followers. Dubbing herself an ecologist in apex predator research, a master free diver and scuba diver, and the director of the Snake Conservation & Bite Awareness Foundation – Moore has one hell of a CV, with her stunning looks the cherry on the cake.

Having recently shared that she came down with dengue fever after being "savaged by 1,000 bites", fans may have thought her absence from social media was due to her health. However, Moore has let her followers know that she's in tip-top condition – and will be back soon. Taking to her Instagram story for the first time in a while, Moore shared a picture of herself submerged in a lake holding a tiny red and black-patterned snake with the caption: "Away on an Expedition.

.. [eyes emoji] Back to herping soon".

If anyone's wondering, "herping" is the act of searching for and observing reptiles and amphibians in the wild – what the real-life Lara Croft, Rosie Moore, does best. Meanwhile, Moore previously shared her thoughts on repeatedly being dubbed "the world’s hottest " after the Star gave her the title. Taking to Instagram, spoke to the camera and initially complained about the "insane" number of articles .